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Topic: Gear: Studio shots by Deb (Read 138841 times)

I love all the studio shots. Great to see the variety of gear used by different people - whether it's a huge studio or a small one.

I'm revamping mine - moved some furniture out of my studio into the living room. We gave our big couch to my niece - so a chair that was in my studio and some furniture in our bedroom has moved out to the living room - it's like our house grew several feet... woo hooo!

Yep, Jesse is married, so I guess that's his wife's name. He always talks about "my wife" but I don't remember him ever telling me her name before. Or maybe he has more than one wife... or a wife and several mistresses?

First is what I started with in Dec 2005. Korg D16 was second hand and Keyboard borrowed from work.Early stuff on Umbra and Penumbra recorded on this extensive set up.Second is current studio, though it has been relocated to a smaller room as we moved to a smaller house in a smaller street after taking this photo. Veils, Shadows recorded on this set up.

I've noticed a lot of people in this thread (and in past "gear shot" type threads) - not everyone, but many people have a tendency towards indian, native american, aboriginal, african, etc... types of decorations - whether it's rugs, blankets, wall hangings or artwork, masks, etc... Of course, quite a few drums tossed in as well which are both functional and ornamental...

I've noticed a lot of people in this thread (and in past "gear shot" type threads) - not everyone, but many people have a tendency towards indian, native american, aboriginal, african, etc... types of decorations - whether it's rugs, blankets, wall hangings or artwork, masks, etc... Of course, quite a few drums tossed in as well which are both functional and ornamental...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be basically an American sort of new age / native association thing ?I don't see it in European studio shots.

You might have a good point. Maybe it's more of an American (US) sort of thingy.

I also wonder if it's not really a new age type of thing - but a coincidental thing. My wife and I have a lot asian influenced decoration in our house, but we're not really 'new agey' in the spiritual sense - and her like of it has nothing to do with the music side of things.

I've noticed a lot of people in this thread (and in past "gear shot" type threads) - not everyone, but many people have a tendency towards indian, native american, aboriginal, african, etc... types of decorations

For the record the wall art in my studio consists of a sarong that was given to me as a gift for some performance I was in (can't remember which one now). A string of buddist prayer flags that a friend gave to me which I found wadded up in my closet last week so decided to put it to use. Two paintings I aquired in Bali, one of which was painted by a friend. A poster of a concert that Steve Roach and Robert Rich performed in Spain back in 1992 that Steve gave me. A concert poster of a gamelan performance I was in several years ago. And probably the most useless of them all, one MA degree in Ethnomusicology from some little known university called UCLA.